Louisiana Tech athletics director Tommy McClelland, center, unveiled artist renderings of the new south end zone athletic facility at Joe Alliet Stadium on Saturday during the spring game.

Written by

Louisiana Tech showed how serious the university is competing with elite programs in the country Saturday when the school broke ground on the $20-plus million south end zone project.

Tech president Les Guice, athletics director Tommy McClelland and football coach Skip Holtz all spoke at halftime of Saturday's spring game before breaking ground with hard hats and shovels.

Site work is supposed to start this week on the 70,000-square-foot facility, which will enclose the south end of Joe Aillet Stadium, with construction to follow. The complex is expected to be finished by August 2015. ...